ADRIENNE SHAW www.adrienneshaw.com Assistant Professor Department of Media Studies and Production Temple University adrienne.shaw@temple.

edu EDUCATION Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania Ph.D. Communication, 2010 Dissertation Title: Identity, Identification and Media Representation in Video Game Play: An audience reception study. Committee: Katherine Sender (chair), John Jackson and Marwan Kraidy Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania M.A. Communication, 2007 Mount Holyoke College B.A. Sociology, magna cum laude, 2004 PUBLICATIONS Book Shaw, A. (Forthcoming). Playing at the Edge: Gender, race, and sexuality in video games. University of Minnesota Press. Blind Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Martey, R., Kenski, K., Folkestad, J. Gordis, E., Feldman, L., Zhang, H., Kaufman, N., Rabikn, A., Shaw, A., Stromer-Galley, J., Clegg, B., Shaikh, S., Strzalkowski, T. (Forthcoming). Five Approaches to measuring Engagement: Comparisons by video game characteristics Simulation and Gaming. Shaw, A. (2013) On Not Becoming Gamers: Moving beyond the constructed audience. Ada: A journal of gender, new media and technology. 2: http://adanewmedia.org/2013/06/issue2-shaw/ Shaw, A. (2012) Talking to Gaymers: Questioning identity, community and media representation Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture. 9(1). P. 67-89 Shaw, A. (2012) Rethinking Game Studies: A case study approach to video game play and identification Critical Studies in Media Communication: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15295036.2012.701013

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Shaw, A. (2012) Do you identify as a gamer: Gender, race, sexuality, and gamer identity New Media and Society. 14: 25-41. Published online first in June 2011. Shaw, A. (2010) What is Video Game Culture?: Cultural studies and game studies, Games and Culture 5: 403-424. *Most downloaded article from this Journal in 2009/2010. ^Translated into Turkish for the Bilgi University Cultural Studies Journal: KULT, Fall (2011). Shaw, A. (2009) Putting the Gay in Game: Cultural production and GLBT content in video games, Games and Culture 4: 228-253. *Reprinted in (2012) J. P. Zagal (ed.) The Video Game Ethics Reader. Cognella (2012) Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Shaw, A. (2010) Beyond Comparison: Reframing analysis of video games produced in the Middle East, Global Media Journal 9: http://lass.calumet.purdue.edu/cca/gmj/sp10/graduate/gmj-sp10-grad-article-shaw.htm Shaw, A. (2009) Women on Women: Lesbian identity, lesbian community and lesbian comics, Journal of Lesbian Studies 13: 88-97. *Reprinted in S. Cooper (Ed.), Lesbian Images in International Popular Culture. Routledge (2009). Book Chapters/Sections Shaw, A. (Forthcoming). Representation Matters (?): When, how and if representation matters to marginalized game audiences in L. Lievrouw (Ed.) Challenging Communication Research. Peter Lang. Shaw, A. (Forthcoming) Identification as or identification with: A critical approach to marginalized audiences and representation. in E. de Gregorio-Godeo and A. M. MatrinAlbo (Eds.) Mapping Identities and Identification Processes: Approaches from Cultural Studies. Peter Lang AG Shaw, A. (2013) How do you say gamer in Hindi: Exploratory research on the Indian digital game industry and culture in N. Huntemann and B. Aslinger (Eds.) Gaming Globally. Palgrave. P. 226-250. Griebling, B. and Shaw, A. (2011) Models of Teaching and Learning, in B. Zelizer (Ed.), Making the University Matter. Routledge. Shaw, A. (2011) "Towards a Game Design Ethic: Ethics and the representation of marginalized groups in video games, in K. Schrier and D. Gibson (Eds.), Designing

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Games for Ethics: Models, Techniques and Frameworks. Ethics and Game Design, vol. 2. IGI Publishing. Shaw, A. (2010) Life, Neoliberal Style?: Lifestyle television, the neoliberal critique, and new ways of looking at both, in K. Sender and M. Kraidy (Eds.), The Politics of Reality Television: Global Perspectives. Routledge. Shaw, A., & Linebarger, D. L. (2008). The Influence of Computers, Interactive Games, and the Internet on a Childs Multicultural Worldview, in J. K. Asamen, M. L. Ellis & G. L. Berry (Eds.), The Handbook of Child Development, Multiculturalism, and Media. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 333-348 Encyclopedia Entries Shaw, A. (In Press) Console Video Games, in M. Danesi (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Media and Communications. University of Toronto Press. GRANTS/CONTRACTS Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity. Mitigating Analytical Bias through CYCLES of Transformative Learning in Serious Games. Principal Investigator: T. Strzalkowski. Co-Principal Investigators: J. Stromer-Galley, R.M. Martey, K. Kenski, B. Clegg, L. Feldman, J. Folkestead, A. Shaw. October 2011-November 2015. Role: develop protocol, data analysis, writing reports CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Shaw, A., Kenski, K., Stromer-Galley, J., Martey, R., Clegg, B., Lewis, J., Folkestad, J. and Strzalkowski, T. (2013). Serious Efforts at Bias Reduction: The Effects of Digital Games and Avatar Customization on Three Cognitive Biases Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Denver, CO, Washington, D.C.: November, 2013. Shaw, A. (2013). Panelist. Critical feminist interventions in new media studies Annual Meeting of the National Communication Association, Denver, CO, Washington, D.C.: November, 2013. Shaw, A. (2013). Panelist. Social Justice Pedagogy: Public, Digital, & Participatory Strategies Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association, Washington, D.C.: November, 2013. Shaw, A. (2013). Panelist. Research Directions From What We Know To What We Seek To Know: An Open Fishbowl About Identity and the Internet Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers, Denver, CO: October, 2013.

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Shaw, A. (2013). Making Play Work: The construction of play as functional Digital Games Research Association Conference, Atlanta, GA: August 2013 Shaw, A. (2013). Representation Matters (?): When, how and if media representation matters to marginalized game audience International Communication Association Annual Conference, London, UK: June 2013 Shaw. A. (2013) Players Experiences of Game Content and Calls for Game Diversity. Different Games Conference. NYU Polytechnic Institute: April 26-27, 2013. Shaw, A. (2012) Panelist: Moving Forward in Queer Game Studies Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers, Salford, UK: October, 2012. Shaw, A. (2012) Moderator: GLBT/Q Transmedia Engagement and representation International Communication Association Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ; May 2012 Shaw, A. (2011) When It Matters: Interactivity and Minority Representation in Video Games, National Communication Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA; November 2011. Shaw, A. (2011) Panelist: Digital Games as Cultural Industry? Does it Matter? Digital Games Researchers Association Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands: September 2011. Shaw, A. (2011) He could be a bunny rabbit for all I care!: Identification with video game characters and arguments for diversity. Digital Games Researchers Association Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands: September 2011. Shaw, A. (2011) Audiences at Play: Reception studies reconsidered in video game play. International Communication Association Annual Conference, Boston, MA: May 2011. *Shaw, A. (2010) Intellectual Games: International Intellectual Property Rights and the Middle Eastern Video Game Industry AEJMC Annual Conference, Denver, CO; August 2010.- Second Place, Markham Student Paper Competition Shaw, A. (2010) Accounts of Identity: Gamer identity and the decentered self, AEJMC Annual Conference, Denver, CO; August 2010. Shaw, A. (2010) Identity, Identification and Media Representation: A reception study of video game audiences, The 14th International 'Culture & Power' Conference: 'Identity and Identification', Ciudad Real, Spain; April 2010. Shaw, A. (2010) Nice when it happens: An audience-based approach to the representation of marginalized groups in video games, Representation Now Conference, Madrid; April 2010.

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Shaw, A. (2009) Rethinking Representation from an Audience Perspective, Passions: Promises and Perils, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; October 2009. Shaw, A. (2009) Gathering the Saints: Media technology and ritual in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, International Association for Media and Communication Research Annual Conference, Mexico City, Mexico; July 2009. Shaw, A. (2009) Peliharrastaja, or what gaming in Finland can tell us about gaming in general, Under the Mask: Perspectives on the Gamer, University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK; June 2009. Shaw, A. (2009) Buying Not Buying: Buy Nothing Day and consumer activism, International Communication Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL; May 2009. *Shaw, A. (2009) Different Strokes: Comparing girl-on-girl and dyke cyberporn, International Communication Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL; May 2009. -Honorable Mention Top Student Paper Award from the GLBT Special Interest Group. *Shaw, A. (2009) Relocating Gamer Studies: Two case studies in solitary gaming, International Communication Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL; May 2009. -Top Student Paper Award, Popular Communication Division. Best Visual Display Prize. Shaw, A. (2008) Beyond Comparison: Reframing analysis of video games produced in the Middle East, Global Webbing of Diverging Agendas: Synchronicity and Asynchronicity in Contemporary Culture and Politics Conference, Budapest, Hungary; June 2008. Shaw, A. (2008) Putting the Gay in Game: Cultural production and GLBT content in video games, International Communication Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec; May 2008. Shaw, A. (2007) Rules of Play: The lesbian athlete taboo in professional sports, National Communication Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL; November 2007. Shaw, A. (2007) In-Gayme Representation?: Media representation, online communities, identities and gayming, National Communication Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL; November 2007. Shaw, A. (2007) In-Gayme Representation? Digital Arts and Culture Conference, Perth, Australia; September 2007. Shaw, A. (2006) Studying Gaymers: Ethnographic methods and online communities, Trials and Tribulations: Negotiating Research Methods in Cyberspace, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec; November 2006.

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Shaw, A. (2006) Playing through Gender, Association for Cultural Studies Crossroads Conference, Istanbul, Turkey; July 2006. Shaw, A. (2006) Women on Women: Lesbian identity in lesbian comics, Media and Sexual Minorities Conference, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH; April 2006. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorado State University, Department of Journalism and Technical Communication (October 2011-August 2012) Work on CYCES, a federally funded digital game for cognitive bias training. Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Communication (2011) Taught courses on the politics of representation in video games and popular media. Continued developing research on the representation of marginal groups in video games. Advised graduate and undergraduate students on video game research, including leading an independent study in video game studies. Research Consultant for Dr. Rosa Mikeal Martey, Colorado State University (Winter 2009-2011) Consultant on study development, digital environment development, narrative development and testing for a study conducted within SecondLife and World of Warcraft. Production and filming of recruitment video trailers. Postdoctoral Scholar, Mudra Institute for Communications Ahmedabad (Fall 2010) Lectured on video games, cultural studies and communication research to faculty, postgraduate and PhD student. Advised Masters and PhD students on thesis proposals. Advised on curriculum development. Research Fellow for Dr. Sharrona Pearl, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania (Spring 2009) Assisted in preparing articles for publication. Formatted a book for the Harvard Press. Conducted library and Internet research. Assisted in organizing a conference: Performing Science: Science and Theater in the Modern Age (The Annenberg School for Communication, July 2009). Led three sessions of an undergraduate class on the history of race and caricature; lectured and led discussion on race and video games. Research Fellow for Dr. Katherine Sender, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania (Fall 2007-Spring 2008) Assisted in editing a documentary on a Philadelphia installation artist. Research Assistant for Dr. Katherine Sender, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania (Summer 2006) Assisted in developing a syllabus on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender representation in popular media.

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Research Fellow for Dr. Deborah Linebarger, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania (2006) Worked on the Ready to Learn TV and Online Formative Studies grant. Wrote a literature review on childrens learning with digital games and the internet. Co-authored a book chapter for the Handbook on Child Development, Multiculturalism and Media. Performed data entry and researched childrens learning measurement tools. Research Assistant for Dr. Eleanor Townsley, Sociology Department, Mount Holyoke College (2003-2004) Worked on a project studying the social construction of social facts. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies and Production, Temple University (Fall 2012-Present) MSP 3421: Technology and Culture, MSP 3471: Media and Cultural Differences, MSP 4541: Mobile Media, MSP 5114: Communication Research Methods Instructor, Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh (2011) COMMRC 1732: Media and Sexuality. Cross-listed with Womens Studies. COMMRC 1732: Video Games and Representation. Instructor, College of Liberal and Professional Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania (Summer 2009) Communication 123: Communication and Popular Culture. HONORS/AWARDS Paper Representation Matters (?) from ICA London conference to be featured in special conference theme book Challenging Communication Research. Leah Lievrouw (ed.): Peter Lang. University of Pittsburgh, School of Arts and Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship (2011) Second Place, Markham Student Paper Competition from the International Communication Division of AEJMC for Intellectual Games: International Intellectual Property Rights and the Middle Eastern Video Game Industry (2010) Dissertation Research Fellowship, Annenberg School for Communication (2009-2010) Top Student Paper Award, Popular Communication Division, International Communication Association, Chicago, IL for Relocating Gamer Studies: Two case studies in solitary gaming. The poster for this paper also won the Best Visual Display Prize in the Scholar-to-Scholar session. (2009)

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Honorable Mention Top Student Paper Award, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Interest Group, International Communication Association, Chicago, IL for Different Strokes: Comparing girl-on-girl and dyke cyberporn. (2009) Full Tuition and Research Stipend, Annenberg School for Communication (2005-2009) Annenberg Scholars Program in Culture and Communication SummerCulture: Finland Participant (2008) Annenberg Summer Research Funding (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009) Mount Holyoke College Leadership Scholarship (2001-2004) Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, Maryland Department of Education (2001-2004) INVITED LECTURES Queerness and Games Conference, October 2013 Berkeley University Featured Speaker CHAT Distinguished Faculty Lecture, Fall 2013 Temple University Title: Playing at the edge: Gender, race and sexuality in video games Northern Illinois University, April 8, 2013 Invited lecturer: LGBT Studies Speakers Series Title: Circles, Charmed and Magic: What queer theory can contribute to game studies Annenberg School for Communication, March 28th, 2013 Guest lecturer for Dr. Sharrona Pearls Communication 405: Facing Race, Race and Video Games Temple University, November 16, 2012 Guest lecturer for Jeff Rushs Video Game Theory [and Practice] course, Film and Media Arts: Gaming and Diversity University of Pittsburgh, March 13, 2012 Guest lecturer for Cathy Hannabachs Femnist Theory 0500: Imagine Otherwise: Lesbian Comics: Art and Activism University of Pittsburgh, November 15, 2011 Guest lecturer for Cathy Hannabachs Womens Studies 0100: Introduction to Womens Studies: Video Games, Identity, and Digital Media University of Pittsburgh, November 1, 2011

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Guest lecturer for Cathy Hannabachs Womens Studies 0500: Introduction to Feminist Theory: Alison Bechdel and Fun Home University of Pittsburgh, September 23, 2011 Department of Communication Agora Series How do you say gamer in Hindi?: Exploratory research on the Indian video game industry and culture. Annenberg School for Communication, July 5, 2011 Guest lecturer for Lauren Sessions Goulets Communication 410: New Media and Community Life: Digital Games and Learning. The Center for Internet and Society, Bangalore, Public Lecture, November 27, 2010 "Identity, Identification, and Media Representation: An audience reception study," NASSCOM Animation and Gaming Conclave, Hyderabad, Panelist: Panel Discussion on Social Gaming, November 13, 2010. Mudra Institute for Communications Ahmedabad, Lecture for second year postgraduate students on: "Politics of Representation in Video Games" November 1, 2010. Mudra Institute for Communications Ahmedabad, October 30, 2010. Guest Lecturer for Dr. Saumya Pant's course, Introduction to Research on: "A Workshop on Dissertation Writing" (PhD students) Mudra Institute for Communications Ahmedabad, October 14, 2010. Guest Lecturer for Professor Harmony Siganporia's course, Metaphors and Narratives on: "Video Game Narratives" (postgraduate students) Mudra Institute for Communications Ahmedabad, Faculty Lecture "Identity, Identification, and Media Representation: An audience reception study," October 13, 2010. Mudra Institute for Communications Ahmedabad, October 5, 2010. Guest Lecturer for Dr. Rita Kothari's course, Imagining India, on: "Western Imaginings of India" (two sessions with postgraduate students) Universidad de La Sabana, Cha, Columbia Guest lecturer for Professor Enrique Uribe Jongbloeds Audio Visual Culture Course: Video Game Culture via video conference, September 21, 2010 University of Pennsylvania Internet and Media Policy Workshop Series Nice When it Happens: Video game players and Media Representation April 8, 2010 Annenberg School for Communication

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Guest lecturer for Dr. Sharrona Pearls Communication 405: Facing Race, Race and Video Games April 9, 14, and 16, 2009 VIDEO WORK Co-editor. (2009). The Brian Dennis Project. 39 minutes. A documentary about an installation project by Philadelphia artist Brian Dennis. Shown at the 3rd Annual Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, June 27, 2010. Producer, Director, Editor. (2007). A Place Called H.O.M.E. 12 minutes. A Short documentary produced for the affordable home ownership program of Project H.O.M.E., a homelessness outreach organization in Philadelphia. Co-producer, Co-editor, Web Video Editor. (2004) Expectations: The Video Reflection Project. An oral history project produced for the Mount Holyoke Class of 1955. Web version: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/etownsle/soc224/2004/videoproject/Page2(interviewma in).html SERVICE To Department and School Committee work: Personnel Committee 2012-2013 Hiring Committee 2012-2013 M&C Admissions Committee 2012-2013 Graduate Committee Membership: Maria Cipollone, M&C Dissertation Committee Tim Woolfe, MSP Masters Project Committee (Chair) Directed Studies: Jia Hao, Fall 2012 Yvonne Fulmore, Spring 2013 Elizaveta Provorova, Spring 2013 Other SMC Graduate Research Forum Reviewer MSP Awards Judge and Presenter To Field Co-Chair for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Interest Group in the International Communication Association (May 2011-May 2015)

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Ad Hoc Reviewer: Convergence; Communication, Culture and Critique; Journal of Consumer Culture; Womens Studies Quarterly; Games and Culture; Television and New Media; New Media and Society; Critical Studies in Media and Communication; Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media Community and Local Service activities Volunteer, Phreak N Queer Arts and Music Festival, August 2013 http://phreaknqueerfestival.wordpress.com/ Volunteer, Queer Media Activism Series, March and April 2013. http://phillyqueermedia.com/index.html University of Pennsylvania, November 13, 2012 Invited workshop on University Teaching with Brook Duffy